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Sacmi at Chinaplas with raw material and energy savings, and smart vision inspection

Sacmi will present new technological developments for the CCM that deliver even greater energy savings and more advanced controls at Chinaplas 2023. Alongside them, an inspection revolution with dedicated systems that Sacmi, as of now, also produces directly in China. And from Sacmi Laboratory, a ready-to-market solution for...

Line for multilayer sheets in recycled PET for food packaging

A line for the production of multilayer sheets in recycled PET from post-consumer waste intended for food packaging has been sold by Union to a Middle Eastern converter. The line can reach a production up to 1,500 kg per hour, is designed to be fed in particular with recycled material and allows...

Technological know-how for the extrusion of PP-R and PP-RCT pipes

PP-R (Random) and PP-RCT (Random Cristallinity Temperature) pipes, copolymers of polypropylene, have rapidly established themselves on the market in recent years due to their unique chemical and mechanical properties and the associated benefits in terms of performance and low environmental impact. Also...

The largest injection moulding machine in Switzerland is from KraussMaffei

Containers for today's logistics have to be stackable, feature IML barcodes, integrated RFIDs and, of course, the logo of the company that owns them. Switzerland's Georg Utz has specialized in this application, and for this reason it has commissioned the country's largest injection molding machine, a KraussMaffei...

Joint development of unlaminated and recyclable stand-up pouches

Colines and TotalEnergies announced the successful proof of concept of an unlaminated recyclable stand-up pouch suitable for food-contact applications. Currently the market reference is composed of a multimaterial film, resulting to non-recyclable packaging. The partners have developed a...

Automatic and self-cleaning filtration at constant pressure

To obtain high quality polymers from recycling processes, the filtration of the plastic melt represents one of the most important steps. For this purpose, Break Machinery has developed DUO, a dual-filter filtration system that allows maximum productivity while guaranteeing the high quality of the finished product. The geometry of...

CMG at Mecspe as exhibitor and speaker

At Mecspe (BolognaFiere, 29-31 March) the recycling machinery manufacturer, CMG Granulators, will be exhibiting its latest innovations dedicated, in particular, to injection moulding, blow moulding and post-consumer recycling sectors. In addition, Giorgio Santella, general manager of CMG Granulators, will be...

Sorema plant for the African recycling of post-consumer PET bottles

A world leading manufacturer of plastics washing and recycling systems, the Italian company Sorema, in collaboration with the Austrian manufacturer Starlinger, installed a recycling plant for post-consumer PET bottles at the factory of the Congolese recycler Ok Plast. In particular, Sorema provided the sorting, grinding and washing sections...

Tria granulators go to the cloud

An Italian manufacturer of machines for the recovery of plastic waste, Tria is developing together with the Swedish company CombiQ a new service that can be activated both for new purchases and for granulators already in the customer's possession, which will be called Tcloud...

Two Star Automation Europe robots in operation at Mecspe

Star Automation Europe will participate in Mecspe 2023 (BolognaFiere, 29-31 March), within the Eurostampi fair, exhibiting two robots to be installed at the factory of two partners.  At the stand of Domatech, Star Automation Europe's agent for Emilia Romagna, Marche and Abruzzo regions, a production cell created in collaboration with...

Blow-moulding machine for sustainable industrial packaging

The brand new blow-moulding machine PB50ES-1000 Coex3 developed by Plastiblow for the production of stackable 20-litre jerrycans with 3-layer wall through a 2-cavity mould features a clamping unit with a closing force of 50 tons, three high output horizontal extruders, one with a diameter of...

Technology and materials for sustainable coffee capsules

At the American edition of the AMI event on single-serve capsules, to be held on 7-8 March in Tampa, Florida, Sacmi will present ongoing developments in multi-layer compression molding technology and related materials, and will also illustrate how greater sustainability is being achieved in the single-serve coffee capsule sector...

Unveiling at the Illig Technology Day

One of the world leading technology providers for packaging and thermoforming machines, Illig, will be unveiling its latest sheet-processing thermoforming machine, the UAF, on 22 March, 2023. The new system for forming technical parts will be showcased at the Illig Technology Day at its company headquarters in...

Two 8,000-ton Engel giants in Kentucky

Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel has set a new record with two injection moulding machines delivered to the USA. With a clamping force of 8,000 tons each, they are the largest machines ever built at the St. Valentin plant in Austria. The two Engel duo 130000/130000H/8200 combi US machines were...

Negri Bossi at Mecspe with the fifth generation of electric presses

At Mecspe 2023 (BolognaFiere, Italy, 29-31 March) Negri Bossi will be exhibiting the Nova 5eT press in the 180-H590 version, a combination of Japanese technology and Italian design. The product represents the fifth generation of all-electric machines, built for maximum efficiency and precision...

The anniversary press for a century of Arburg

The 100-year anniversary of the Hehl family company has set the stage for Arburg's latest piece of machine technology, the hybrid Allrounder 470 H. This anniversary machine delivers an impressive performance across the board: it saves energy, conserves resources, is production-efficient, user-friendly and reliable...

Maag at Chinaplas as specialist in recycling

Maag Group is a broadly diversified global solutions provider of pump and filtration systems, pelletizing and pulverizing systems, recycling systems and digital solutions. More and more new developments in plastics are being made in China, one of the strongest growth markets in the world. Maag Group takes this...

Unconventional number of cavities to optimize productivity and investment

When it comes to the manufacturing of medium and large-sized PET preform moulds, a well-known rule requires that the number of cavities can be 72, 96, 128 or 144. To enable processors to optimize productivity and investment, Sipa offers a solution that squeezes more cavities into a given mould space, the result of a...

Integrated lines for insulating panels

Dedicated to manufacturing turnkey plants and machinery for the manufacturing of PIR and phenolic resin-based insulation panels for the building and construction industry, Cannon Ergos now offers integrated systems and machinery for the post-processing stage of insulating panel production lines...

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